Die restlose Erfassung: Volkszählen, Identifizieren, Aussondern im Nationalsozialismus

Politics, History, and Social Change

by Götz Aly, Karl Heinz Roth

Die NS-Vernichtungspolitik wäre ohne administrative Erfassungs- und Sortiertechniken nicht möglich gewesen. Götz Aly und Karl Heinz Roth konfrontieren den Leser mit der paradoxen Erkenntnis, daß der Rückfall in die Barbarei mit den Methoden einer modernen Bürokratie vorbereitet wurde.

Genres: Technology, Politics

175 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1984

About the author

Götz Haydar Aly is a German journalist, historian and social scientist.

After attending the German School of Journalists, Aly studied history and political science in Berlin. As a journalist, he worked for the taz, the Berliner Zeitung and the FAZ. Presently, from 2004 to 2005, he is a visiting professor for interdisciplinary Holocaust research at the Fritz Bauer Institut in Frankfurt am Main.

Reviews

[Christy · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book missed the mark. The authors downplayed the enormous role IBM played as a catalyst to the deportation and extermination of 6 million people. If the census process is of interest to you, I would highly recommend IBM and the Holocaust by Edwin Black (who gives the intro to this book). It gives a very comprehensive view of what occurred. Over 100 pages of references are cited. Many years and thousands of contributors worked very hard to provide credible evidence.